- District of Sheksna
- District of Cherepovets
- District of Chagoda
- District of Kharovsk
- District of Ustyuzhna
- District of Ust'-Kubinskoye
- District of Tot'ma
- District of Tarnoga
- District of Syamzha
- District of Sokol
- District of Nyuksenitsa
- District of Nikolsk
- District of Mezhdurech'ye
- District of Kichmengsky Gorodok
- District of Kirillov
- District of Kadui
- District of Gryazovets
- Vologda
- Cherepovets
- District of Vytegra
- District of Vologda
- District of Vozhega
- District of Verkhovazh'ye
- District of Veliky Ustyug
- District of Vashki
- District of Belozersk
- District of Babushkino
- District of Babaevo
Key Industries
The Vologda Oblast is a highly-developed industrial region, which has a network of transport and energy infrastructure, stable ratings of investment attractiveness and solvency. The basis of Vologda industry is made up of 300 large- and medium-sized enterprises and about 550 small businesses.
Leading activities of industrial production are: metallurgical production and production of finished metal products, chemical production, production of machinery and equipment, wood processing and manufacture of wood products, as well as food production.
In 2023, the volume of shipped goods of its own production, works and services using its own work force in the industry amounted to 1231,8 billion rubles.
In 2023 volume of shipped industrial products per capita made up RUR 1094,7 ths. It is 1.5 times higher than the average Russian level, and 1.3 times higher than the average level in the Northwestern Federal District. In terms of volume of shipped industrial products per capita the Vologda Oblast takes the 13th place in Russia and 4th in Russia's North-West.
The industrial production index of the Vologda Region in 2023 was 104,5%.
Index of industrial production in 2023, % to 2022
Some glimpses of history
In the eleventh century local industry in what is now the Vologda Oblast was much the same as it had been throughout the last millennium. Iron smelting, in particular, had been carried on since the end of the first century A. D.
Ship building which started in the reign of Ivan the Terrible really took off under the influence of Peter the Great. Demand for timber for ship building continued to grow and in the eighteenth century "saw mills" were set up in three districts of the oblast initiating wood-working industry development.
The merchant Vitushnikov may be considered the father of the confectionery trade. It was he who started to manufacture refined sugar from imported raw materials at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Vologda's history is also the story of many exceptional men and women. This is the case also with the Vologda butter trade that was built up from scratch and rapidly turned into a flourishing industry. A Cherepovets-born Nikolai Vereshchagin, the then most influential Russian dairy expert, is considered the founder of modern Russian dairy farming. He had a talent for organizing that enriched the Russian language with the notion of "Vologda Butter."
Another merchant Yakov Gribanov, who in 1859 bought a flax weaving mill from P. Luirs in Krasavino near Veliky Ustyug, organized his business in such a way that "Gribanov's cloth" was in great demand throughout Russia. Gribanov's traditions are continued by joint stock companies Severlyon and Vologda Flax Mill.